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Wednesday, January 4, 2006

Well the sun finally appeared for the first time in 2006. We staggered out of our homes and offices here in southeastern Ohio, squinting, screaming, and waving our arms wildly. We threw rocks and sticks at this strange bright orb, but with our eyes burning from the brightness all we hit was each other and Old Man Clapsaddle's manure spreader.

With the gray, rainy winter days we enjoy here, it's a wonder we don't all move to Lapland for the sunshine.

Nope, no Harpy Eagles! Wouldn't it be cool to have something that impressive in your backyard? We're still waiting for one of those Snowys to make its way down our way! Love the pic of the tower "on fire", by the way!

About Bill

Bill of the Birds

Bill Thompson III is the editor of Bird Watcher's Digest by day. He's also a keen birder, the author of many books, a dad, a field trip leader, an ecotourism consultant, a guitar player, the host of the "This Birding Life" podcast, a regular speaker/performer on the birding festival circuit, a gentleman farmer, and a fungi to be around. His North American life list is somewhere between 673 and 675. His favorite bird is the red-headed woodpecker. His "spark bird" was a snowy owl. He has watched birds in 25 countries and 44 states. But his favorite place to watch birds is on the 80-acre farm he shares with his wife, artist/writer Julie Zickefoose. Some kind person once called Bill "The Pied Piper of Birding" and he has been trying to live up to that moniker ever since.